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House of Representatives member pin for the 111th U.S. Congress Inauguration of Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2009. President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law, January 29, 2009. Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, July 13, 2009.
No override attempt made. A later version of the bill that changed a minor provision of which the president disapproved was quickly passed by Congress (H.R. 4986) and was enacted with the president's approval as Pub.L. 110–181 on January 28, 2008. March 8, 2008: Vetoed H.R. 2082, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Override ...
Died February 11, 2008. A special election was held April 8, 2008. Jackie Speier (D) April 8, 2008 Maryland 4th: Albert Wynn (D) Resigned May 31, 2008, having lost re-nomination. A special election was held June 17, 2008. Donna Edwards (D) June 17, 2008 Ohio 11th: Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D) Died August 20, 2008. A special election was held ...
Barack Obama sponsored 147 bills from January 4, 2005 until November 16, 2008. Two became law. [1] This figure does not include bills to which Obama contributed as cosponsor, such as the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 or the Lugar-Nunn Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006.
The 2008 United States Federal Budget began as a proposal by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008. The requested budget was submitted to the 110th Congress on February 5, 2007. [1] The government was initially funded through a series of four temporary continuing resolutions.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–246 (text), H.R. 6124, 122 Stat. 1651, enacted June 18, 2008, also known as the 2008 U.S. Farm Bill) was a $288 billion, five-year agricultural policy bill that was passed into law by the United States Congress on June 18, 2008.
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) returned from rehab to cast a 'Yes' vote, and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) delayed resigning the House to vote for the legislation as well. [64] The bill was approved in the House by a vote of 219–212, with 8 Republicans supporting, and 44 Democrats voting against, and 3 members not voting. [65]
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office.